Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel

Lee Revell
2005-12-03T23:50:19Z

On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 23:58 +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005, Lee Revell wrote:
>
> > You seem to be saying that the current development model is unacceptable
> > for users for whom older kernel work just fine, and the main risk in
> > upgrading is regression. But the new development model is clearly
> > needed for those users whose needs are not met by the old kernel, say
> > due to unacceptable soft RT performance or unsupported hardware.
> >
> > But it's wrong to try to evenly balance the needs of these two classes
> > of users, because the first class has another option - they can stick
> > with the old kernel that works for them. The second class of users has
>
> The point that just escaped you as the motivation for this thread was
> the availability of security (or other critical) fixes for older
> kernels. It would all be fine if, say, the fix for CVE-2004-2492 were
> available for those who find 2.6.8 works for them (the fix went into
> 2.6.14 BTW), and the concern is the development model isn't fit to
> accomodate needs like this.
>

If you want security fixes backported then you can get a distro kernel.

Lee